Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Ben Forta (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321127102 | ISBN-13: 978-0321127105 | Publication Date: October 26, 2002 | Edition: 3

Macromedia ColdFusion MX didn't just get a paint job, it got a complete system overhaul. If you're looking for a book to help you get up-to-speed on Macromedia's powerful server scripting environment, Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development will help you understand the technologies and techniques used to create advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX applications. You'll learn about:

• Using clustering and fail-over technologies to ensure server uptime
• Using the new archive and restore features
• Creating secure applications, and integrating with existing security systems
• Extending Cold Fusion using COM/DCOM, CORBA, and the Cold Fusion C and Delphi API's
• Leveraging the underlying Java sub-system
• Using JSP tags, EJB's, and other Java components
• Using and publishing Web services

This clear, straightforward guide uses examples to demonstrate specific techniques and case studies to illustrate real-world examples of specific topics. Written by Macromedia experts, this advanced guide to Macromedia ColdFusion MX offers straight-from-the source training that you won't find anywhere else.

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Macromedia ColdFusion MX didn't just get a paint job, it got a complete system overhaul. If you're looking for a book to help you get up-to-speed on Macromedia's powerful server scripting environment, Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development will help you understand the technologies and techniques used to create advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX applications. You'll learn about:

• Using clustering and fail-over technologies to ensure server uptime
• Using the new archive and restore features
• Creating secure applications, and integrating with existing security systems
• Extending Cold Fusion using COM/DCOM, CORBA, and the Cold Fusion C and Delphi API's
• Leveraging the underlying Java sub-system
• Using JSP tags, EJB's, and other Java components
• Using and publishing Web services

This clear, straightforward guide uses examples to demonstrate specific techniques and case studies to illustrate real-world examples of specific topics. Written by Macromedia experts, this advanced guide to Macromedia ColdFusion MX offers straight-from-the source training that you won't find anywhere else.

About the Author

Ben Forta is Macromedia Inc's product evangelist for the ColdFusion product line. Ben has two decades of experience in the computer industry, and is a much sought after speaker and lecturer. Ben is the author of the popular ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit, and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, as well as books on SQL, JSP (JavaServer Pages), WAP, and other technologies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1128 pages
• Publisher: Macromedia Press; 3 edition (October 26, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321127102
• ISBN-13: 978-0321127105
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,208,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ben Forta is Adobe Inc.'s Senior Technical Evangelist, and has over two decades of experience in the computer industry in product development, support, training, and marketing. Ben is the author of the best-selling ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, as well as books on SQL, Regular Expressions, JavaServer Pages, WAP, Windows development, and more. Over 1/2 million Ben Forta books have been printed in a dozen languages worldwide. Ben co-authored the official ColdFusion training material, as well as the certification tests and official study guides for those tests, writes regular columns on ColdFusion and Internet development, and now spends a considerable amount of time lecturing and speaking on application development worldwide.

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I read the book on less then 2 hours, May 2, 2003

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Mamdoh Al-habeeb (Waterloo, IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Last year I bought Macromedia Coldfusion 5 appliction Development for Ben Forta. I did like the book and I learned a lot from it. So with my order of Coldfusion MX software, I decided to order Coldfsuion MX Application Develpment for Ben Forta. I start reading and soon I am in the end of the book do you know why? because it is almust same as the first one. Even same example. There is chapters where is same on both edition word by word. Yes, there is few things new on coldfuion MX but not worth it.

My advice, if you have a book wrote by Ben Forta for Coldfusion 5 then don't buy the new one because you are buying same book but different cover. If it's your first time, then this book will be the one to start.

by the way, this is not only the mistake I did, I did buy Coldfusion MX Web Application Construction Kit, and Coldfusion MX Developer Study Guide. They are all same. in fact I did read same paragraph again, and again from different edition of Ben Forta.

I will say Ben Forta did it again and I did buy and waste my Money this time.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Completely Disappointed..., December 10, 2002

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B. Prater (Sarasota FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I've been using ColdFusion for many years now. I was exciting with the release of MX and decided to pick up a few books to round out my knowledge of functionality of the language. So I picked up Forta's latest-and-greatest.

It wasn't long after getting the guide that something seemed amiss. I covered most of the gorilla-sized book in two evenings. It was actually pretty easy! Several of the chapters are complete wastes. A huge section rehashes WDDX -- does anyone need this much info on the topic? Javascript gets an entire section -- I'll buy a book if I need a refresher. I was fuming at the pages of unwieldy code on some custom tag for rendering calendars. If code exceeds 15 lines, put it on a CD. The last time I typed in volumes of code from a book, I was using a TRS-80 Model III. The book covers too many esoteric topics in too much detail.

What is new with MX? CFCs. Webservices. XML. Guess what chapters were lacking serious bulk? You guessed it. You'll get a taste -- and then zip -- off to another esoteric chapter about building additional rooms on your house with WDDX. I would have been thrilled if half the book covered using CFCs in detail, but I had to place another order for another book that covers the topic in advanced detail.

I should learned when I bought the first two Forta ColdFusion books years ago. They didn't feel right. Now that I'm an advanced user -- I know why. This'll be the last ColdFusion reference I'll buy from him and his team. I'll just bore myself with the docs in the future.

I'm glad they left out the huge reference of previous guides -- otherwise, I would garner the book with one star.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential reference, January 12, 2003

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Foti Massimo (Vezia (Switzerland)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book covers many advanced topics like scalability, WDDX , CFC, Regular Expressions, custom tags, COM and internationalisation. If you are serious about ColdFusion development, it's an essential reference.
The targets are those who eat, sleep, and breathe ColdFusion. It covers topics you didn't even know existed with ColdFusion. Just when you think you are an "advanced" developer, along you will discover new things...
The authors managed to assemble tons of invaluable information, designed to be read and used as needed (instead of in a linear fashion), one chapter at time. This makes it ideal for picking up and reading on specific subjects as the need arises